Lead by Example - Tools I Love

Blogging	Dated posts which may allow comments	Edublogs Gaggle(student email)	Blogger
Wikis	Website allowing storage and collaboration	Wikispaces	Wetpaint
Publish/Collaborate	Applications that allow web viewing and sharing	Google Docs	Zoho
Online Conferencing	Audio, video, and app sharing for multiple members	Skype; Vyew	Vroom
Social Learning Environment	Synchronous and Asynchronous learning environment may have some video/audio capabilities	Ning; Wiziq	Yugma
Social Bookmarking	Online bookmark holder that allows sharing and networks	Diigo Delicious
Aggregators	Pages that collect RSS and other web stuff into one place	iGoogle	Pageflakes; Netvibes
:RSS	Readers collect feeds into one location	Bloglines	Google Reader
Survey/ Polls	Create surveys or polls	PollEverywhere	Survey Monkey
Visual Media	Picture manipulation and/or video editing, mixing, projects	Photostory; Fotoflexor	Animoto
Podcasts/ Audio	Audio manipulation and/or voice recording, mixing, projects	Audacity; Podomatic	Yackpack; Voicethread
Gaming	Games or game creation tools	Scratch; Alice
Quizzes	Quiz creation, storage, and data collection		Quia;
Accessibility	Text to speech and other UDL tools	Yakittome	Wordtalk
Graphic Organizers	Mindmaps and organizers to use with students	Gliffy	Bubblus; Mindmeister
Pictures	Storage, editing, and usable images
Presentations	Awesome online presentation tool that zooms	Prezi
	Voicethread- My new favorite tool!!! This was my son's project for Mrs. Donaho's assignment- My Life in Pictures